All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him.

A little bit of this town goes a very long way.

Revenge is one of the few things in politics that never gets lost in the mail or written off for a dime on the dollar like losers' campaign debts or pledges to help the Poor.

There was no time for scholarly details, and, besides, I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the standards and taste of his choices in matters of high-level plagiarism.

Because the writer must be a participant in the scene, while he's writing it — or at least taping it, or even sketching it. Or all three. Probably the closest analogy to the ideal would be a film director/producer who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least a main character.

it's 12 amyl nitrites (one box), in conjunction with as many beers as necessary.

Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!